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Type of diabetes
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I drink a fair amount of coffee, mostly with cream but black if I go out. I've experimented with decaff and normal, am happy with either, and it doesn't appear to make a difference to my BG or BP. I only drink it in the morning. It appears to help with my intermittent fasting (2 MAD) and I really enjoy it.

Does anyone have any observations about which might be better in health terms? The decaff is from Lidl or M&S, as is the normal coffee.
 
I drink decaff at home with cream no problems. ( MAN ON A BIKE COFFEE)
Went out the other week and coffee too strong. Wasn't supposed to be! B/S up after more than usual.
Also have a local coffee shop bring me coffee 1 shot with unsweetend almond milk. No problems.
 
I drink decaf coffee with soya milk at home but big mugs of black decaf at work. Helps keep my appetite down. Find normal coffee can upset my tummy if I have more than one a day
 
I drink coffee with full cream milk and it doesn't seem to affect my blood glucose level at all. Maybe it effects other people differently but I don't even record it now
 
I make a mocha pot full every morning, and have around four measures with single or double cream, with sweetner. Zero impact on BG.

Using hot milk, particularly skimmed, would however result in a rapid spike. Libre showed me going from 5.1 to 8.5 in a few minutes with one small latte.
 
I started drinking decaff coffee a while back and found that I would not be hungry till about 3 pm. The downside was that despite it being decaff it still gave me blinding headaches so it had to go. Just have to wean myself of cheese strings now as they have the same effect if they are eaten too often.
 
I don't notice a difference between decaff and normal in either BG or BP, but if I drink normal after 11 am I find I'm still awake and unable to sleep 12, 13, 14, 15 and even 16 hours later.
 
Decaf / Caf no difference, just I have notices like MrsA2 on my diet caffeine after 12 is a risky option!
 
I've drunk decaf coffee for more years than I can remember, originally because I was a chronic migraine sufferer, but I've continued with it from habit, so I've no idea whether it's better nor not for me diabetes wise...

I currently buy a hazelnut flavour brand that I like, and sometimes add cocoa powder to make a mocha version. I generally add some almond or hazelnut "milk " or sometimes cream for a bit of luxury, and I use liquid stevia as a sweetener or occasionally granulated erythritol.
 
Thanks for your input - much appreciated. Given that we are told all sorts of foods are "good for us" by the Health Police - and then we find out that so much of it is hype, commercial bias and/or just plain wrong, I was wondering uneasily if decaff fitted the same situation, and that by drinking it thinking it was better healthwise, I was doing myself a disservice.
 
Coffee intake appears to be something of a ✻grey area✻ ..'a little of what you fancy does you good' ..prolly applies here.
 
I am a heavy coffee drinker and could easily in the past get through 10+ mugs a day(decent sized mug too).
I do cut back a bit, so more like 6 mugs a day.
I have it with a splash of full blue cap milk, wouldn't mind doing it with double cream(haven't yet).I have had no issues with coffee and Im sorry, but I cannot recognise decaf in my universe.
I think that I have more coffee than blood, so I may be safe from any ill effects.
 
I drink brewed coffee with some hot full-fat milk during the day, stopping by 6pm so I can sleep later. I got into the habit of drinking extra mugs when I was on codeine for years and needed the caffeine to focus - then just over a year ago, my GP switched me to a different painkiller that doesn't fog my brain so much so I cut back a bit.
Not because it raised my BG, but because I was using too many carbs for the milk and wanted to be able to add a few more carbs to meals instead..
 
I notice I suffer less from bloating if I'm on real coffee rather than decaf. Might be coincidence of course.
 
My feelings have always been that it's probably more about what you actually add into the coffee than the coffee itself.
 
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